Birth weight in relation to sex steroid status and body composition in young healthy male siblings

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1587-1594

  Vanbillemont, Griet ^a   Lapauw, Bruno ^a   Bogaert, Veerle ^a   De Naeyer, Hélène ^a   De Bacquer, Dirk ^b   Ruige, Johannes ^a   Kaufman, Jean Marc ^a   Taes, Youri E C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE; ADIPOCYTOKINE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; WEIGHT; AGING; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOKINES; ADULT; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRADIOL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SIBLINGS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77951641151     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-2149     Document Type: Article

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